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Obama Passes Off Biden Gaffe as 'Flourish'

'Core point' correct that president will be tested no matter who wins

Oct 22, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sought to blunt criticism of Joe Biden today, saying that though his running mate “engages in rhetorical flourishes,” he was right in saying “the next administration is going to be tested, regardless of who it is,” reports the Chicago Tribune. Critics in the McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Obama 2008 • foreign policy • campaign • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Palin's Schedule Shows Minimal Time for Foreign Policy Meetings

12 hours during 19 months as Alaska gov.

Oct 15, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin might be able to see Russia from her home state, but her actual foreign policy experience boils down to about 20 meetings and just 12 hours, according to the governor’s official calendar obtained by Mother Jones. Most of the Alaska governor’s interactions with... More »

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Russia • experience • foreign policy • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

 New Voters Back Obama 
 —if They Turn Out 

Poll finds newly registered not motivated

Oct 1, 08 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly registered voters could be a potent force in the presidential election, and heavily favor Barack Obama over John McCain, 61% to 30%, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal/MySpace poll finds. But getting them to vote may be a challenge, reports the Wall Street Journal. Most are young adults, and just... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • foreign policy • Election 2008 • economy • new voters

OPINION

 McCain Casts Himself as Hero of Financial Crisis

Republican can only win by changing subject from policy to himself

Sep 25, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In parachuting into Washington to "rescue" the $700-billion bailout for Wall Street, John McCain demonstrated again that he wants to make the election about himself, not his politicies, writes Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post. With the beleaguered economy an area where Barack Obama is seen as stronger,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • foreign policy • Election 2008 • bailout • economy • financial crisis

Palin Plans Meet-and-Greet
at UN Next Week

McCain plans to introduce her to foreign leaders at general assembly

Sep 16, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain plans to introduce Sarah Palin to foreign leaders at the United Nations next week to boost her foreign-policy experience, the Wall Street Journal reports. McCain advisers say they hope the running mate will demonstrate her diplomatic prowess and understanding of foreign-policy issues during the visit Tuesday, the same... More »

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United Nations • Republican Party • foreign policy • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin

Oops! Palin 
Didn't Visit 
Iraq After All 

And her 'trip'
to Ireland was
a refueling stop

Sep 14, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to earlier claims by campaign aides, Sarah Palin has never visited Iraq, a spokesman has conceded. The Alaska governor visited state troops in Kuwait and Germany and also stopped in Ireland last year. But she did not cross the Kuwait border into Iraq as previously claimed—and Ireland was... More »

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Iraq • Ireland • foreign policy • Kuwait • campaign issues • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Palin Stumbled in Interview, But Made No Big Mistakes

VP stuck to Republican talking points, perhaps too well

Sep 12, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - How did Sarah Palin do in her much-awaited interview with Charlie Gibson? Everyone’s got an opinion:
  • Palin “looked like a student trying to bend prepared answers to fit unexpected questions,” offering statements far too general for Gibson’s liking, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New
... More »

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Russia • Israel • foreign policy • Sarah Palin • interview • Charlie Gibson

 5 Reasons the World
 Wants Obama

Foreigners on board for 'change'

Sep 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans may be divided over the presidential election, but the world clearly prefers Barack Obama, Melinda Brouwer writes on AlterNet. Here's why:
  1. Other nations share Obama’s desire for change in US policy, "and want him to make good on it."
  2. Unlike John McCain, Obama "
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • foreign policy • George W. Bush

ANALYSIS

In China and Russia,
a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

Is the Age of Authoritarianism upon us?

Aug 17, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The autocratic world powers that were crumbling in the late 1980s may yet have their day, and sooner than we think, writes executive editor Bill Keller in the New York Times. As China keeps its stranglehold on free speech despite promises to the IOC, and Russia tests how far it... More »

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China • Russia • communism • democracy • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • Cold War • foreign policy • George W. Bush • autocracies

ANALYSIS

 As Obama Surfs,
 McCain Owns Week

GOP candidate flexes muscles, Dem hits the beach

Aug 15, 08 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the conflict in Georgia wears on, John McCain has seized every opportunity this week to showcase his foreign policy chops, notes Michael Falcone in the New York Times, all but positioning himself as a putative commander in chief. McCain boasted of his multiple visits to the region and even... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • John McCain • Georgia • Hawaii • foreign policy • South Ossetia

 Obama Prays at Wailing Wall 

Candidate wraps up Middle East tour with trip to one of Judaism's holiest sites

Jul 24, 08 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama finished his Israel trip with a pre-dawn visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall this morning, Reuters reports. The candidate, wearing a skullcap, placed a prayer he had written in the wall as a rabbi read from a psalm. A heckler shouted "Jerusalem is not for sale"—but... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Berlin • Jerusalem • foreign policy

ANALYSIS

European Demands Vex Obama Camp

Suggestions tour lacks substance add sour note to fawning press

Jul 23, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign is frustrated that his Berlin visit tomorrow is being over-analyzed, Der Spiegel reports—with Europeans complaining that he’s giving a mere stump speech, or that his address might lack substance. Obama is dropping in to outline his vision for trans-Atlantic alliances—he’s expected to... More »

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Barack Obama • Berlin • European Union • Brussels • foreign policy • media bias

Opinion

 Obama Appears
 Cocky, Presidential 

The media fawns, McCain glowers, but Obama gets raves: Dowd

Jul 23, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The better Barack Obama’s foreign excursion goes, the more nervous Republicans get,  Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Images of John McCain happily sharing a golf cart with Bush 41 don’t contrast well with images of Obama happily sharing a helicopter with David... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Jordan • American media • foreign policy • Iraq exit strategy • media bias

 Obama Meets
 With Israeli
 Leaders 

Vows to 'reaffirm bond'

Jul 23, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama got an early start in Israel today, breakfasting with Ehud Barack and meeting Shimon Peres and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu before a stop at Yad Vashem, to lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial, the New York Times reports. Peres greeted him warmly, saying he hoped for... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • foreign policy

OPINION

Dear Obama: Oppose Iran and We'll Love You

On eve of visit, one Israeli explains his nation's nuclear fears

Jul 21, 08 8:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, Yossi Klein Halevi writes to him in the New Republic about Israel's fears. Like many nations, Israel is well-inclined towards Obama: It has no fear of his Muslim middle name and recently hailed his description of Israeli security as "... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • US foreign policy • nuclear weapons • Israel and Palestinians • foreign policy • nuclear arsenal

 Obama Meets Afghan Prez 

Candidate lunches with the leader he criticized a week ago

Jul 20, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - World-touring Barack Obama sat down with Hamid Karzai today, joining the Afghan president for lunch at his Kabul palace. Although Obama criticized the leader's government as recently as last week, he expected to steer clear of arguments in today's meeting, Reuters reports. "I'm more interested in listening than doing... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • foreign policy

Obama Relying on Own Mini State Dept.

Candidate draws on expertise of 300
policy advisers

Jul 18, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama makes his first overseas visit as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the New York Times spotlights the 300-strong army of foreign policy advisers that keep the candidate abreast of world affairs. Obama's operation is run like a mini-State Department, the Times notes, with senior aides taking responsibility for... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • foreign policy • Denis McDonough • Richard Holbrooke

OPINION

Old World
Thinks He's
the Messiah 

Looking for deliverance from Bush, Europeans could face rude shock

Jul 11, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's trip to Europe this month might not do much for his electoral chances at home. But the Old World doesn't care, writes Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens; when the candidate arrives he "can expect to be greeted as a messiah." Europeans have been starstruck by Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Europe • foreign policy • Election 2008

Opinion

Kissinger: US Must Temper Approach as Russia Evolves

Medvedev's election may signal real political change, so ease back on the bullying

Jul 8, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev has more power than some in the West believe, and Russia's political system is still evolving as Vladimir Putin moves from president to prime minister, Henry Kissinger writes in the Washington Post—and it behooves the US to throttle back. "The pace of such an evolution will... More »

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Russia • US foreign policy • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit • Ukraine • foreign policy • Henry Kissinger • Dmitry Medvedev

Opinion

 The Decider
 Has Time for
 a Last Hurrah 

Bush isn't gone yet, and he's got unfinished business

Jul 1, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s comforting to think of George W. Bush as yesterday’s news, but the Decider is still very much in office and itching to tie up loose ends. These “loose ends” might include signing a treaty with Iraq, or continuing his quixotic quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace, or, more... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • US foreign policy • Bush legacy • foreign policy • George W. Bush

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